Forklift Destroys Giant Ceiling Fan Memphis, Tennessee — March 21, 2025 A moment of inattention led to a spectacular and costly accident in a Memphis distribution center Friday, when a forklift operator raised the vehicle's mast directly into a massive industrial ceiling fan, causing it to catastrophically fail and crash to the floor. Security camera footage from the warehouse shows the forklift operator extending the mast to its full height, seemingly unaware of the giant, slow-moving fan blade

Warehouse Rack Collapses, Sending Pallets Crashing Onto Forklift Operator Distribution Center — A routine warehouse operation turned into a near-fatal accident when a towering stack of palletized goods suddenly collapsed from a storage rack, crashing down directly onto a forklift and the operator below. Security footage shows a forklift positioned beneath a tall racking system as it maneuvers a load into place. Without warning, the upper pallets begin to shift. In a split second, the entire stac

Forklift Sparks Massive Warehouse Collapse Joliet, Illinois — September 15, 2024 A minor mishap turned into a multi-million dollar disaster at a massive distribution center on Monday when a single forklift collision triggered a catastrophic, aisle-long collapse of the warehouse’s racking system. The entire incident was captured on a high-angle security camera. The video shows a routine day, with a forklift operator navigating a narrow aisle flanked by towering shelves stacked high with inventory